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, VOL. 62—No. 4
1934 JANUARY 1934
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Jenkinsburg To
Have Workers
Council Meeting
A meeting of the Workers Council
oi the Kimbell Association will be
held with the Jenkinsburg Baptist
church January 31, begining at 10
a m. The following program for this
session is announced:
10 a. m., Devotional —Rev. C. C.
Heard.
10:20, Reports from churches.
10:30, The Woman’s Missionary
> Society, Mrs. Walter S. Adams.
Open discussion.
11:10, The New Family Relation
, —Rev. Walter S. Adams.
Lunch.
1:15 p. m., Executive Board meet
ing.
1:30, Devotional —L. J. Washing
ton.
1:45, The God’s Acre—Rev. Mar
shal Nelms, Hartwell, Ga.
Open discussion.
Miscellaneous business.
Adjourn.
PLANS MADE FOR
BASKETBALL MEET
GIRLS TO STAGE TOURNAMENT
IN ZEBULON WHILE BOYS GO
TO GRIFFIN AND LAGRANGE.
NAME DATE LATER
At a meeting of the executive
committee of the Fourth District
High School Association in Zebulon
Saturday it was decided to hold the
girls’ basketball tournament in Zeb
ulon at a date to be decided later.
The district was divided into two sec
tions and the boys’ tournament will
be held in Griffin and LaGrange
Jackson is in the section that will
compete in Griffin. The date for the
boys’ tournament likewise will be
named later.
A date for the district meet will
be fixed at a meeting set for Griffin
on February 14. At that time all
school officials in the district are ex
pected to be present and discuss need
ed legislation and a school code. A
professor from the University of
Georgia will address the school offi
cials at that time.
Prof. D. V. Spencer, superinten
dent of the Jackson public school and
a member of the executive commit
tee of the district body, attended Sat
urday’s meeting in Zebulon.
PRUITT AND SMITH TO
MEET IN RING EERY. 1
Buddy Pruitt, pride of the C. C. C.
camp, will meet V'an Smith, local
slugger, in the main event of a box
ing show to be held Thursday, Febru
ary 1, at the national guard armory
in Jackson. The show will start at
8 p. m.
Pruitt, the champion of the C. C.
C., is getting in good condition for
this fight, as he expects a real bat
tle. Smith is also training daily and
expects to put up a good fight. The
winner of this fight will probably
fight Doodle Ross in the near future.
The main attraction will be sup
ported by a good semi-final, a color
ed bout and a wrestling match be
sides the preliminaries.
The admission will be 15 and 25
cents with ringside seats for 33
cents. A large crowd is expected to
attend.
SUCCESS OF COTTON
DRIVE IS ASSURED
FINE SUPPORT EXTENDED AND
MORE THAN 300 CONTRACTS
ALREADY IN OFFICE. CAM
PAIGN CLOSES JANUARY 31
Indications the first of the week
are that the cotton acreage reduc
tion campaign will be a great success
in Butts county.
Up to Tuesday it was announced
by Mr. B. M. Drake, Butts County
Farm Agent, that approximately 300
contracts are already in his office.
It is likely there will be about 450
contracts altogether.
At a meeting of the county and
district committees in the office of
Mr. Drake Saturday the situation was
canvassed and all workers expressed
gratification at the progress of the
campaign and are confident that the
county will come up with its full quo
ta.
Splendid service is being rendered
by Mr. Drake and Miss Mary Car
michael, secretary to the board. This
is likewise true of the county and
district committees. The entire force
has been constantly on the job from
the beginning of the campaign.
In this issue of The Progress-Argus
Mr. Drake has a timely article on
what uses the land rented the gov
ernment may be put.
Next Wednesday, January 31, is
the last day of the cotton campaign.
All who have not signed should ar
range to get in touch with members
oi the committee within the next few
days.
COLLECT DATA ON
NEW AUDITORIUM
WEAVER AND SPENCER VISIT
SEVERAL CITIES AND GET
DATA CONCERNING PROPOS
ED AUDITORIUM-GYMNASIUM
Information concerning the pro
posed auditorium and gymnasium
which it is hoped to build in Jackson
in co-operation with the Civil Works
Administration, was obtained Fridsfy
by Mayor P. H. Weaver and Prof.
D. V. Spencer, superntendent of the
Jackson public schools. They visited
Winder, Tucker, Stone Mountain and
other points and inspected the type
of buildings now in use there.
Messrs. Weaver and Spencer were
impressed, they report, with a build
ing that Stone Dountain proposes to
erect with CWA funds. It is a com
bination auditorium and gymnasium
and will be erected at a cost of $12,-
000, the city to furnish the stone and
the CWA to supply the labor.
Flans for an auditorium and gym
nasium in Jackson are being pre
pared by Engineer H. C. Burr of the
Jackson CWA office. The project is
subject to the approval of city coun
cil, which will no doubt be given.
There is a good deal of interest
in the proposed building and senti
ment is largely in favor of proceed
ing with the project, as soon as it is
approved. Jackson citizens would
probably be required to furnish the
fiame work and roofing and the
CWA would supply all the labor.
The present auditorium is out of
date and not in keeping with the
other school equipment. At present
there is no gymnasium and all bas
ketball games have to be played on
the Indian Springs court.
JACKSON RIFLES WILL BE
INSPECTED ON MARCH 20
The Jackson Rifles, Company A
121st Infantry, Georgia National
Guard, will be inspected on March
20 by Lieut. Jesse E. Graham, Uni
ted States Army. The company, one
of the most efficient in the regiment,
, is now preparing for the inspection.
JACKSON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1934
DELEGATION ASKS
PAVING ROUTE 42
WOULD HONOR GOVERNOR TAL- j
MADGE BY NAMING ROUTE 42
“TALMADGE” HIGHWAY. EAR
LY ACTION REQUESTED
l
A delegation of citizens from Mon-,
roe, Butts, Henry, Clayton, DeKalb j
and Fulton counties appeared befoi’e ]
the state highway board Wednesday |
of last week and asked that route 42
be paved immediately.
It was suggested that the highway
be named in honor of Governor Tal
madge, native of Monroe county.
The Atlanta Constitution carried
the following account of the meeting:
A committee of businessmen from
Fulton, Clayton, Henry, Butts and
Monroe counties appeared before the
state highway board Wednesday urg
ing the completion of the paving of
the highway between Atlanta and’
Forsyth, connecting there with the
paved highway between Atlanta and
Macon via Griffin and Barnesville, so
that anew direct highway to Macon
may be established, relieving the hea
vy congestion on the Griffin, Barnes
ville route.
The committee asked that this
highway be named the Talmadge
highway in honor of Governor Tal
madge who is a native of Monroe
county.
Considerably more than half of the
highway between Atlanta and Forsyth
via McDonough, Jackson and Indian
Springs has already 'been paved, or
is now in process of paving.
That part of the highway between
Atlanta and the DeKalb county line
is paved. The next four miles in De-
Kalb county is unpaved and ungrad
ed. Contract for the paving of the
two miles of the unpaved part in
Clayton county is to be let within the
next two weeks, leaving four miles
in Clayton county to be paved. The
highway is entirely paved, or is being
paved, through Henry county to the
Butts county line, leaving about
five miles in Butts county to reach
Jackson, from which point the high
way is already paved to Indian
Springs, leaving about 12 miles
through Butts and Monroe counties
to reach Forsyth.
The committee urged the comple
tion of this paving as soon as possi
ble, stating that it offered anew
route 'between Macon and Atlanta
of about the same length as the Grif
fin and Barnesville route. Chairman
Wilburn, of the state highway board,
assured the committee that the pur
pose of the board was to connect as
soon as possible the unpaved portions
of all through highways and extend
ed the assurance that the board
would give careful consideration to
the suggestion of completing this
route, stating that already parts of
it now unpaved were in process of
being paved, or would be in early
contract lettings of the board. The
chairman stated that he and the oth
er members of the board recognized
the importance of completing this
highway and were favorable to the
suggestion that it be named in honor
of Governor Talmadge who is a na
tive of one of the counties through
which this highway passes.
The committee left much pleased
with its impression of the board’s fa
vorable attitude.
The formal petition left with the
board is as follows:
We, the undersigned citizens of
Clayton and Henry counties, do here
by request the esteemed board of
state highway commissioners, in hon
oi to our governor, who was reared
at Forsyth, Georgia, and in honor to
his family, that the state highway
running from Atlanta to Forsyth, and
known as “highway 42, be named
“Talmadge Highway.”
Those signing the petition are S. C.
Jackson Plans
Roosevelt Ball
On January 30
In common with 5,000 other towns
and cities in the United States, Jack
son will have a Roosevelt Ball on
January 30. The proceeds will go to
the Warm Springs Foundation for
the treatment of children suffering
from infantile paraysis.
Members of a committee, consist
ing of J. L. Lyons, P. H. Weaver
and W. W. Wright, recommended
that the Jackson club sponsor a
dance. This will take the place of
the regular meeting o fthe Kiwanis
club. The co-operation of all civic
and patriotic organizations is re
quested. Tickets will be 50 cents
each.
Mrs. J. C. Newton, B. K. Carmi
chael and J. D. Jones were named
as members of the publicity commit
tee for the dance.
The occasion is intended to honor
President Roosevelt whose birthday
falls on January 30, and at the same
time provide funds for the Warm
Springs Foundation.
COMMITTEE WILL
SET PRIMARY DATE
CHAIRMAN ISSUES CALL FOR
FEBRUARY 17. PRIMARY DATE
TO BE NAMED AND RULES
FIXED’FOR CONTEST
What is considered the opening
gun in the 1934 political race is the
call issued by Hon. W. E. Watkins,
chairman of the Butts County Demo
cratic Executive Committee, for a
meeting of that body to be held in
the court house Saturday afternoon,
February 17, at 2 p. m.
At that time the committee will
consider plans for the approaching
primary, and a date will probably be
named and rules and regulations fix
ed to govern the contest for nomi
nations for officers to be chosen by
votes of Butts county citizens.
Those to 'be elected in the county
include a chairman of the board of
county commissioners and a member
of the board. A representative from
Butts county will also be nominated,
but this will likely be deferred until
the state primary which will be held
in September.
The senator from the twenty-sixth
district will be furnished this year,
under the rotation system, by Fay
ette county. Hon. Joel B. Mallet is
the present senator.
A congressman from the fourth
district will also be nominated this
year, as well as the judge of the
Flint circuit.
A governor and all state house of
ficers will be nominated this year.
The list of offices to be filled is a
large one and it is assured that Geor
gia will be treated to the usual in
teresting political campaign.
KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PLANNING
FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION
Alexius Commandery No. 22
Knights Templar is planning for the
annual inspection on March 3. Paul
Stephens, of Augusta, grand sword
bearer of the grand commandery of
Georgia, will be the inspecting offi
cer. A meeting was held Friday night
to make, plans for the inspection.
There were 2,621,000 carloads of
automobile freight shipped over rail
roads in 1932.
McWilliams, of Henry county, chair
man; Claude A. Smith, of DeKalb
county; A. P. Born, C. W. Powell, S.
G. Reeves, H. Grady Moore, and C.
C. Adamson, of Clayton; W. E. Barr,
of Henry, and James G. Hale, of At
lanta.
CITY EMPLOYEES
TO BE SELECTED
NEW ADMINISTRATION WILL GO
INTO OFFICE AT A CALLED
MEETING. COUNCIL WINDING
UP OLD YEAR
The new city administration will
assume office at a called meeting to
be held later in the week, it was an
nounced Tuesday morning.
Council held a meeting Monday
night and wound up the business of
the past year, heard reports and
made necessary adjustments.
At the meeting to be held later in
the week employees to serve the city
fer the year will be named. These
include city clerk and treasurer, tax
receiver and collector, city attorney,
superintendent of water and light
department, policemen, bond com
missioners.
There are said to be several appli
cants for most of the places to be
filled.
P. H. Weaver will be inducted into
office as mayor, succeeding J. L.
Lyons who has served three years
in that office. J. R. Thurston as al
derman from the second ward will
succeed T. A. Nutt, who has beer,
connected with the city administra
tion for several years. These are the
or.ly changes in city officers, othe”
members of the board of aldermen
having 'been re-elected last fall for
another year of service.
Modern Heating
System Put In
The Court House
The County Commissioners have
contracted with the A. L. Hume
Plumbing Company, of Atlanta, for
the installation of an American Ra
diator system in the Butts county
court house. The new boiler will re
place the old one, which had been in
use for many years and was practi
cally worthless. The same radiator
system will be used in connection
with the new 'boiler.
Work of installation started this
week and will be completed in a few
days. This convenience will be ap
preciated, particuarly at the time of
holding court.
OPTION CHECKS IN
GROWERS’ HANDS
FINAL ADJUSTMENTS ON 1933
ACREAGE REDUCTION CAM
PAIGN NOW BEING MADE; 19P
CHECKS LAST WEEK
Butts county farmers who parti
cipated in the cotton reduction cam
paign last summer are now being cn
riched by distribution of option cot
ton checks. The first lot of checks,
numbering 199, was received by
County Agent Drake last week.
The exact amount of the checks
was not available. In the plow-up
campaign last summer Butts county
growers were entitled to cash with
option of $30,124.50, compared to
cash without option of $6,977. There
were 1,248.48 bales of option cottor.
in the county.
During the fall the governmen*
agreed to advance 4 cents a pound
or S2O per bale on the option cotton.
All who complied with the require
ments are now being compensated,
and will also take part in the reduc
tion drive this year.
Distribution of around $25,000 on
option cotton will be a force in the
community just at this time.
Final adjustments in the 1933
acreage campaign are being closed
as rapidly as possible.
91.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
GOVERNOR SMITH
KIWANIS SPEAKER
ANNIVERSARY OF ORGANIZA
TION OBSERVED BY JACKSON
CLUB. CALL IS FOR SERVICE,
MR. SMITH TELLS MEMBERS
Featured by a splendid talk by the
district governor of Georgia Kiwanis,
Mark A. Smith, of Thomaston, who
declared the organization will stand
or fall by its record of constructive
service to mankind, the Jackson clu'b
observed anniversary night at its
meeting Tuesday. This meeting mark
ed the anniversary both of the in
ternational organization, which was
founded in Detroit, Mich., January
21, 1915, and the Jackson club, or
ganized in January, 1922.
Governor Smith was accompanied
to Jackson by the district secretary,
J. C. Jones, of Thomaston.
In honor of the anniversary occa
sion, the club was presented with a
lovely birthday cake, the gift of the
serving committee, Mrs. C. W\ Buch
anan chairman of the U. D. C. com
mittee.
Governor Smith in his talk pointed
out that an objective of Kiwanis is
to build good citizens. Every good
citizen is patriotic, and civilization
is a monument to builders. Kiwanis
cements friendship and co-operation
is taking the place of competition,
as illustrated by the New Deal in
government. The call is now, more
than ever, for unselfish service, Mr.
Smith pointed out and he asserted
his belief that Kiwanis with its
000 members is ready and willing to
play a leading part in the present
crisis that faces the country.
Mr. Jones, the secretary of the
Georgia district, spoke briefly. These
prominent visitors were cordially
welcomed by the Jackson club.
By vote of the members objectives
for the year were announced by
President Land as follows:
Boys’ club work and county agent
work, referred to agricultural com
mittee.
Better mail facilities, referred to
special committee, J. W. O’Neal, B.
K. Carmichael, R. P. Newton.
Trade days for merchants, refer
red to special committee, V. 11. Car
michael, E. L. Smith, S. 11. Eiseman,.
Good roads and Ocmulgee river
bridge, public affairs committee.
Boys and girls Scouts, committee
on vocational guidance.
Big Brother movement, every
member project.
A mid-winter conference will be
held at Thomaston on February 6
and several members of the Jack
son club are planning to attend.
* Roosevelt Bride * |
NEW YORK: . . . Miss Grace
Green Roosevelt (above), only
daughter of Col. and Mrs. Theodore
Roosevelt and granddaughter of the
former president, “Teddy”, is soon
to become the bride of William Mc-
Millan of Baltimore.